I cannot guarantee this is true, but it seems to be. Someone, saying he works for the Canadian Federal Government, said that this was sent to all employees. I will just leave it there for the day. Have a good one!
Category: Musings
A standard work day.
It's funny that we have a standard work day based on time. Sometimes we might have super productive morning and get as much done as it would an 8 hours the next day. Other times we might spend 2 hours on something that is so mentally or emotionally taxing that we are not much use [...]
30 Weeks to Awesome: The story of writing my first book. Part 2.
In this recent post, I wrote about how 30 Weeks to Awesome came to be. The motivation and nudge to get it done (a course with a contest that would reimburse tuition for said course) and the re-purposing of a course I created previously. In this post I will share why I believe in 30 [...]
Setting limits on decisionmaking.
“The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few from the trivial many, eliminates the nonessentials, and then removes obstacles so the essential things have clear, smooth passage. In other words, Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where [...]
Seeing our past selves form an outsiders perspective (and a trip to India).
Have you had the experience of looking back upon something and seeing it completely differently from how you felt in the moment? I don't know that we can ever get rid of this perspective shift. As time passes, we become different people. Who we are today is not who we were years ago, and this [...]
Keeping momentum.
What do cyclists, race car drivers, team sports athletes, and business owners all have in common? They must be thinking a few steps ahead of the current action or they will fall flat on their faces, literally or figuratively. If you are a small business owner or indepreneur (a term recently heard from Aubrey Marcus) [...]
Emotional intelligence.
I looked at the words on the page. They were good. I had an opportunity before me that would lead me closer to my dreams. I felt like I wanted to throw up. Then I sat down and cried. What the f*ck? After suppressing my feelings, there they were. I couldn't hide from them anymore. [...]
Waiting for a fresh perspective is sometimes better than powering through a task.
I am working on a puzzle. I bought this frustrating mind jumble sometime last year, thinking it would be fun (for an unknown reason given that I cannot recall ever choosing to complete a puzzle). It sat on the shelf until one day early in COVID-life when my husband was out of town for work. [...]
Nothing is certain, but how will you respond?
During this pandemic, have you considered how much you used to take for granted that is no longer certain? I think this sentiment is being shared widely. But are we truly internalizing it? Will this notion last after the pandemic? And what would it look like if it does? One could take this idea and [...]
Having faith that it will work.
Have you ever tried something for the first time and immediately called in help when it didn't work? This happens all the time to me, but here is a recent example to explain what I mean. I use a software program to create documents. I download the documents and there is a place at the [...]
